CHILDREN (DETENTION CENTRES) ACT 1987

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CHILDREN (DETENTION CENTRES) ACT 1987 - NOTES

- As at 3 November 2009 - Act 57 of 1987

Reprint history:

Reprint No 1   14 March 1989
Reprint No 2   22 October 1991
Reprint No 3   14 November 1994
Reprint No 4   12 December 2000
Reprint No 5   3 February 2004
Reprint No 6   4 March 2008

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

Table of amending instruments

Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987 No 57. Assented to 29.5.1987. Date of commencement, 18.1.1988, sec 2 (2) and GG No 2 of 8.1.1988, p 12. This Act has been amended as follows:

1987	No 272	Children (Detention Centres) Amendment Act 1987. Assented to 16.12.1987. Date of commencement, 28 days after assent.
1988	No 40	Children (Detention Centres) Amendment Act 1988. Assented to 9.8.1988. Date of commencement of Sch 1 (so much of Sch 1 (3) as inserts sec 17A (1) into the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987 excepted), 5.9.1988, sec 2 and GG No 140 of 2.9.1988, p 4556; date of commencement of so much of Sch 1 (3) as inserts sec 17A (1) into the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987, 1.12.1988, sec 2 and GG No 140 of 2.9.1988, p 4556.
	No 131	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 3) 1988. Assented to 30.12.1988. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.3.1989, sec 2 (2) and GG No 25 of 24.2.1989, p 1132.
1989	No 54	Community Welfare (Developmental Disabilities) Amendment Act 1989. Assented to 19.5.1989. Date of commencement, 1.7.1989, sec 2 and GG No 78 of 23.6.1989, p 3614.
	No 87	Sentencing Act 1989. Assented to 2.6.1989. Date of commencement, 25.9.1989, sec 2 and GG No 89 of 18.8.1989, p 5662.
	No 132	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No 2) Act 1989. Assented to 5.9.1989. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987, 25.9.1989, Sch 1 and GG No 89 of 18.8.1989, p 5662.
	No 226	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 3) 1989. Assented to 21.12.1989. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987, 1.6.1990, Sch 1 and GG No 71 of 1.6.1990, p 4384.
1992	No 34	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992. Assented to 18.5.1992. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987, 1.7.1992, Sch 1 and GG No 75 of 26.6.1992, p 4278.
	No 105	Community Welfare (Amendment) Act 1992. Assented to 8.12.1992. Date of commencement, 1.1.1993, sec 2 and GG No 150 of 31.12.1992, p 9113.
	No 112	Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1992. Assented to 8.12.1992. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
1995	No 63	Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Enforcement Act 1995. Assented to 12.12.1995. Date of commencement, 1.1.1996, sec 2 and GG No 156 of 22.12.1995, p 8682.
1996	No 111	Courts Legislation Amendment Act 1996. Assented to 2.12.1996. Date of commencement, 2.5.1997, sec 2 and GG No 47 of 2.5.1997, p 2427.
1997	No 147	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1997. Assented to 17.12.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 1.2, assent, sec 2 (2).
1999	No 68	Children (Detention Centres) Amendment Act 1999. Assented to 30.11.1999. Date of commencement, 18.2.2000, sec 2 and GG No 25 of 18.2.2000, p 1061. The proclamation appointed 11.2.2000 as the date of commencement. Pursuant to sec 23 (5) of the Interpretation Act 1987, the proclamation does not fail merely because it was not published in the Gazette until after the day appointed in the proclamation, but sec 23 (5) provides, in that event, for the Act to commence on the day on which the proclamation was published in the Gazette.
	No 85	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 1.6, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 94	Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999. Assented to 8.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4.5, 3.4.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 42 of 31.3.2000, p 2487; date of commencement of Sch 4.83, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.
2000	No 53	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2000. Assented to 29.6.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 3.1, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 93	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2000. Assented to 8.12.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 1.3, assent, sec 2 (2).
2001	No 100	Justice Legislation Amendment (Non-association and Place Restriction) Act 2001. Assented to 11.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 13.5.2002, sec 2 and GG No 85 of 10.5.2002, p 2739.
	No 121	Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.
2002	No 1	Children (Detention Centres) Amendment Act 2002. Assented to 9.4.2002. Date of commencement, 26.4.2002, sec 2 and GG No 78 of 26.4.2002, p 2432.
2004	No 28	Children (Detention Centres) Amendment Act 2004. Assented to 13.5.2004. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 82	Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Enforcement Amendment (Uniform Classification) Act 2004. Assented to 3.11.2004. Date of commencement of Sch 2, on the commencement of Sch 1 to the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment Act 2004 of the Commonwealth (ie 26.5.2005), sec 2 (1).
	No 94	Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment (Parole) Act 2004. Assented to 15.12.2004. Date of commencement of Sch 2.1, 10.10.2005, sec 2 (1) and GG No 122 of 7.10.2005, p 8167.
	No 103	Juvenile Offenders Legislation Amendment Act 2004. Assented to 15.12.2004. Date of commencement, 20.12.2004, sec 2 and GG No 200 of 17.12.2004, p 9307.
2006	No 41	Children (Detention Centres) Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 8.6.2006. Date of commencement, 1.7.2006, sec 2 and GG No 84 of 30.6.2006, p 4782.
	No 81	Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 27.10.2006. Date of commencement, 1.12.2006, sec 2 and GG No 168 of 1.12.2006, p 10086.
2007	No 94	Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Schs 1.10 and 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
	No 99	Road Transport Legislation (Breath Testing and Analysis) Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 25.1.2008, sec 2 (1) and GG No 10 of 25.1.2008, p 149.
2008	No 55	Children (Detention Centres) Amendment Act 2008. Assented to 1.7.2008. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 108	Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment Act 2008. Assented to 8.12.2008. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 13.2.2009, sec 2 and GG No 37 of 13.2.2009, p 960.
2009	No 77	Courts and Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2009. Assented to 3.11.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 2.3, assent, sec 2 (1).

Table of amendments

Sec 3	Am 1987, Sch 1 (1); 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (1); 1989 No 54, sec 4; 1992 No 105, Sch 2; 1999 No 85, Sch 1.6 [2]-[4]; 1999 No 94, Schs 4.5 [1]-[4], 4.83; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.39 [1]; 2002 No 1, Sch 2 [1]; 2004 No 103, Sch 2 [1]-[4]; 2006 No 41, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2008 No 55, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 6	Am 2006 No 41, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 7	Am 2006 No 41, Sch 1 [4] [5]; 2008 No 55, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 8A	Ins 1992 No 34, Sch 1. Am 2006 No 41, Sch 1 [4].
Sec 9	Am 1987 No 272, Sch 1 (2); 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (2); 1989 No 87, Sch 4 (1); 1999 No 68, Sch 1 [1]; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.5 [5].
Sec 9A	Ins 2008 No 55, Sch 1 [3]. Am 2008 No 108, Sch 2.1 [1]-[3].
Sec 10	Am 1992 No 34, Sch 1; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.5 [6]-[8]. Subst 2004 No 103, Sch 2 [5].
Sec 14	Am 2006 No 41, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 16	Am 2008 No 55, Sch 1 [4].
Sec 17	Am 2004 No 103, Sch 2 [6].
Sec 17A	Ins 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (3). Am 1995 No 63, Sch 3; 2004 No 82, Sch 2.1.
Sec 18	Am 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (4).
Sec 19	Am 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (5); 2006 No 41, Sch 1 [4] [7]; 2008 No 55, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 20	Am 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (6).
Sec 21	Am 1987 No 272, Sch 1 (3); 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (7); 1989 No 87, Sch 4 (2); 1989 No 132, Sch 1; 1989 No 226, Sch 1; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.5 [9]; 2002 No 1, Sch 2 [2] [3]; 2006 No 41, Sch 1 [4] [8]; 2008 No 55, Sch 1 [6] [7].
Sec 22	Am 1987 No 272, Sch 1 (4); 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (8); 1992 No 112, Sch 1.
Sec 23	Am 1987 No 272, Sch 1 (5). Subst 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (9). Am 1997 No 147, Sch 1.2.
Sec 23A	Ins 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (9). Am 1988 No 131, Sch 1; 2006 No 41, Sch 1 [4].
Sec 24	Am 1987 No 272, Sch 1 (6); 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (10); 1989 No 87, Sch 4 (3); 2004 No 103, Sch 2 [7].
Sec 24A	Ins 2001 No 100, Sch 2.3.
Sec 25	Am 1987 No 272, Sch 1 (7); 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (11); 2006 No 41, Sch 1 [4] [9].
Sec 26	Rep 1989 No 87, Sch 4 (4). Ins 2006 No 41, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 27	Rep 1999 No 94, Sch 4.5 [10]. Ins 2006 No 41, Sch 1 [11].
Sec 28	Am 1992 No 34, Sch 1; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.5 [6] [8]. Subst 2004 No 103, Sch 2 [8]. Am 2006 No 41, Sch 1 [12]-[15]; 2008 No 55, Sch 1 [8]-[11].
Sec 28A	Ins 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (12). Am 2004 No 103, Sch 2 [9].
Sec 28B	Ins 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (12). Am 2004 No 103, Sch 2 [10].
Sec 28BA	Ins 1999 No 68, Sch 1 [2]. Am 2004 No 103, Sch 2 [11] [12].
Sec 28C	Ins 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (12). Am 1999 No 68, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 28D	Ins 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (12). Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.5 [6].
Sec 28E	Ins 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (12). Am 1999 No 68, Sch 1 [4]; 2004 No 103, Sch 2 [13].
Sec 28F	Ins 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (12). Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.5 [6]; 2004 No 103, Sch 2 [14].
Sec 29	Am 1987 No 272, Sch 1 (8). Rep 1989 No 87, Sch 4 (5). Ins 1999 No 94, Sch 4.5 [11]. Am 2000 No 53, Sch 3.1 [1]-[4]; 2004 No 94, Sch 2.1; 2008 No 108, Sch 2.1 [4].
Sec 30	Am 1987 No 272, Sch 1 (9); 1989 No 87, Sch 4 (6); 1999 No 94, Sch 4.5 [12].
Sec 32	Am 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (13); 1989 No 87, Sch 4 (7); 2004 No 103, Sch 2 [15].
Sec 32A	Ins 2006 No 41, Sch 1 [16]. Am 2008 No 55, Sch 1 [12].
Part 4, heading	Am 1987 No 272, Sch 1 (10). Subst 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (14).
Sec 33	Am 1987 No 272, Sch 1 (11); 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (15).
Sec 34	Am 1987 No 272, Sch 1 (12). Subst 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (16). Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1.
Sec 35	Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1.
Sec 36	Am 1987 No 272, Sch 1 (13); 2006 No 41, Sch 1 [17].
Sec 37	Am 1987 No 272, Sch 1 (14); 1992 No 112, Sch 1.
Sec 37A	Ins 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (17).
Secs 37B, 37C	Ins 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (17). Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1.
Sec 37D	Ins 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (17). Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2000 No 93, Sch 1.3.
Part 4A	Ins 2006 No 41, Sch 1 [18].
Part 4A, Div 1 (secs 37E-37H)	Ins 2006 No 41, Sch 1 [18].
Part 4A, Div 2	Ins 2006 No 41, Sch 1 [18].
Sec 37I	Ins 2006 No 41, Sch 1 [18]. Am 2007 No 99, Sch 2.1 [1] [2].
Sec 37J	Ins 2006 No 41, Sch 1 [18]. Am 2006 No 81, Sch 3.
Secs 37K-37M	Ins 2006 No 41, Sch 1 [18].
Sec 38	Am 1987 No 272, Sch 1 (15); 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (18); 2006 No 41, Sch 1 [4] [19]; 2008 No 108, Sch 2.1 [5].
Sec 38A	Ins 2002 No 1, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 39	Am 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (19); 2009 No 77, Sch 2.3.
Sec 39A	Ins 2002 No 1, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 40	Am 2006 No 41, Sch 1 [4] [20].
Sec 41	Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.39 [2]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 42	Subst 1996 No 111, Sch 1.1. Am 2006 No 41, Sch 1 [4] [21]; 2007 No 94, Sch 1.10.
Sec 42A	Ins 2004 No 28, Sch 1.
Sec 45	Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1.
Sec 46	Ins 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (20).
Sch 1	Ins 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (20). Am 2004 No 103, Sch 2 [16]-[18]; 2006 No 41, Sch 1 [22] [23].
The whole Act (except sec 3 (1), definition of “superintendent” and sec 25 (4))	Am 1999 No 85, Sch 1.6 [1] (“superintendent” omitted wherever occurring, “centre manager” inserted instead).